My Life: An Illustrated Biography: An Illustrated Autobiography

by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

I learnt that dreams should be those that keep us awake, they are ideas that become actions that lead to change.

‘You are beautifully clothed in your success.’

trick is to tell yourself that you are the captain of your problems and never let the problems become the captain; defeat the problem and succeed. Once you tell yourself: ‘I can solve this and I will do it well’, there is nothing that can stop you from doing so.

Weapons cannot buy peace, but they can help us to not repeat history.

Having an aim in life is incomplete until you are able to acquire the right knowledge needed to accomplish that aim.

Difficult missions will bring difficult challenges which may sometimes produce temporary setbacks. The test of a human being is in accepting the failure and going on trying until he or she succeeds. Managing failure is the essence of leadership.